The City Council in Woodland Park, CO, voted 5-0 to approve an ordinance that will allow for the construction of a 72,000-square-foot self-storage facility on the old Saddle Club property on Highway 24. Developer M3XP2 bought the Saddle Club property for $2.4 million. Saddle Club members are suing, saying the sale was advanced absent the…

The Jenkins Organization, the developer, and ARCO/Murray, a design/build firm, broke ground on Northgate Self Storage, an 831-unit facility in Austin, TX. Located at 8875 Research Blvd, it will have 128,000 square feet, including 1,500 square feet of office space, and completion is scheduled for June 2019. Source: RE Business Online Planned MS Bardstown Road LLC, the…

A one-of-a-kind Extra Space Storage is coming to El Paso, TX. El Paso architect Fred Dalbin designed a facility for owner John Cooper of Cooper Cos., who bought the site 35 years ago and waited for the right opportunity. The location is on the edge of an arroyo, and Cooper Cos. hired a builder with experience…

The City Planning Commission approved Safeguard Self Storage’s proposal to expand into a new three-story building that would be adjacent to its current location at 931 Erato St. in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans, LA. Safeguard wants to build a 63,000-square-foot warehouse to hold 509 mini-storage units, and it would replace an existing…

Fast-growing West Coast Self-Storage is facing a challenge familiar to many other expansion-minded storage operators: as it searches for sites the company faces more competition than ever to find land for new facilities. “It is getting much harder,” said John Eisenbarth, vice president of operations and one of four owners. “Land costs are going up….

Charlotte, NC-based Go Store It is building new self-storage sites, with one in Asheville, NC, and the other in Mount Pleasant, SC. The company already owns three facilities in Asheville and the new one is going up off of Hendersonville Road, just north of Downtown Asheville. It will have 600-plus units. The new Mount Pleasant…

A new CubeSmart facility opened June 13 at 7710 Alexander Town Blvd. in the Brier Creek area of Raleigh, NC. Phillips Development & Realty of Tampa, FL, backed the project. The 756-unit location has four stories and 65,110 square feet. It’s the fifth self-storage project in which both PDR and Jernigan Capital have co-invested. Phillips…

A 12-building, 194,000-square-foot self-storage facility is coming to Appleton, WI. It would go on the site of a former Kmart store, which was demolished about 10 years ago, along West College Avenue between North Lynndale Drive and North Perkins Street. The complex also would have room for retail. Source: WEAU 13 News Planned In Georgia,…

Jim Sapp, an entrepreneur in Indianapolis, IN, is ready to expand Commercial Self Storage, the company he started seven years ago that caters to business customers. He plans to add two locations this year, three more within one year and more after that. “Our niche is helping businesses with logistics and storage – and there’s…

Demand for self-storage is growing in the Inland Northwest, which includes Spokane County, WA and Kootenai County, ID. Chester Self Storage in Spokane Valley has rented out almost all of its 350 units and plans to build another 70. “In the past 2 and a half years, growth has been exponential,” said Todd Beadle, facility…